Relating to the flight of projectiles through air, especially missiles or rockets after engine burnout; dealing with air resistance and ballistic motion.
From aero- (air) plus ballistic (relating to projectile motion). Technical term from aeronautics and military science.
Aeroballistic research during the Cold War led directly to modern weather satellites and GPS—missiles needed to be predicted so precisely that engineers developed the math behind orbital mechanics.
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